diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder.c b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder.c
index 8fb60b79df..a05de4288b 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder.c
@@ -1263,6 +1263,8 @@ gst_vaapi_encoder_init_properties (GstVaapiEncoder * encoder)
             NULL) != GST_VAAPI_ENCODER_STATUS_SUCCESS)
       return FALSE;
   }
+
+  g_ptr_array_unref (props);
   return TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencode.c b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencode.c
index b3988394a9..27a807afec 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencode.c
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencode.c
@@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ gst_vaapiencode_init_properties (GstVaapiEncode * encode)
       return FALSE;
     g_ptr_array_add (encode->prop_values, prop_value);
   }
+  g_ptr_array_unref (props);
   return TRUE;
 }